IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 01.10.2024 CORAM :

T HE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.M.SUBRAMANIAM AND T HE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.SIVAGNANAM H.C.P.No.2209 of 2024 Aravindhan ... Petitioner/Son of the Detenue Vs.

1. The Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2. The Commissioner of Police, Salem City, Salem.

3. The Superintendent, Special Prison for Women, Coimbatore, Coimbatore District.

4. The Inspector of Police, Pallapatty Police Station, Salem City, Salem. ... Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, to call for the records in C.M.P.No.63/Goonda/Salem City/2024 dated 08.08.2024 on the file of the 2nd respondent and quash the same as illegal and consequently direct the respondents to produce the petitioner's mother namely Uma @ Santhi, female, aged about 55 years, w/o. Gengan is now confined at Special Prison for Women, Coimbatore before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner : Mr.M.Selvam For Respondents : Mr. E. Raj Thilak Additional Public Prosecutor

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by S.M.SUBRAMANIAM, J.)

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